2022 Tentenublo Wines Custero

Type of Wine | Red |
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Country | Spain |
Region | |
Appellation | Rioja Alta |
Winery | |
Vintage | 2022 |
Grape | , , |
Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14%) |
Drink window | 2024 - 2030 |
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Description
Custero is the new wine from Roberto Oliván (Tentenublo) that he made together with his wife Leyre Ruiz in the style of the classic Riojas. An organic red made with Garnacha, Tempranillo, Viura, Malvasía, Calagraño, Garnacha Gris, Graciano, Monastrell and Malvasía La Rioja. Fermented in open barrels and matured in second year oak and concrete tanks.
The Custero comes from its own small single vineyard located in Viñaspre (Rioja Alavesa) where vineyards are grown with minimal intervention. The region clearly has influences from the Atlantic climate, characterized by lots of rain in summer and spring. Tertiary soils, eroded slopes of limestone loam and red sandstone loam landings. The harvest is completely manual and involves spontaneous fermentation of all varieties in an open barrel with whole bunches, i.e. with the yeasts on the grape (so no yeasts are even added). The result is an authentic red Roja where the fruit predominates. Surprisingly nice acidity, juicy with mainly red fruit. This is certainly a wine that will improve even further with a few years of bottle maturation and is unprecedentedly good in terms of price/quality, but supply is very limited because only 5,532 bottles were produced.
In some cases, the wines receive a kind of WAX seal instead of a regular capsule. This has no further purpose and has the disadvantage that it hardens quite quickly and pieces can easily crumble (spontaneously, during transport, etc.). This has no influence on the quality of the wine. We cannot provide any further guarantee for this.
Specifications
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Appellation | Rioja Alta |
Winery | Bodegas Tentenublo Wines |
Grape | Garnacha, Graciano, Tempranillo |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2022 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2030 |
Alcohol % | 14 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Promotion | Tier Price |
Parker rating | 91 |
Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
Drink moments | Barbecue, Cadeau!, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Open haard |
Professional Reviews
Parker
Rating
91
Release Price
$30
Drink Date
2022 - 2025
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
14th Jul 2022
Source
July 2022 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
The newest wine is already is in its third vintage, the 2020 Custero, produced with the fruit from the younger vines he has planted in different places, a massale selection that contains Garnacha, Tempranillo, Viura, Malvasía, Calagraño, Garnacha Gris, Graciano, Monastrell, and Malvasía Riojana on red sandstone and marl soils. All the varieties fermented in open vats with full clusters and aged in second-use barrels. It combines power and ripeness with freshness and balance. It has 14.5% alcohol but doesn't feel alcoholic and keeps very good freshness. This is a simpler wine, a kind of "cosechero," foot trodden, quite fruit-driven and with less complexity and depth than the Xérico or Tentenublo. 5,000 bottles were filled in July 2021.
Roberto Oliván feels comfortable with his range (seven wines) and volume, which was completed with Custero, a red in the style of a "cosechero" from the young vines he planted with massale selections in vineyards three to 10 years old. He works 10 hectares in 30 plots, all worked according to organic certification (the wines will be certified from 2022). In total, he makes around 50,000 bottles.
2018 is a classic Rioja Alavesa vintage, harvesting late, into November, with very good weather. 2019 is very warm and dry; 2020 is again cooler, with mildew and a late harvest. He likes vintages like 2018 and 2020. I didn't taste any 2021s, but he lost a lot because he had hail in July and Lanciego was a disaster.
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One of our latest discoveries in the Rioja is a family business called "TENTENUBLO" (this refers to the ringing of the bells used in the villages of La Rioja to repel hail during the growing season). Oliván Roberto has been appointed on behalf of this winery. Although Oliván is relatively young, it already has a very renowned status as a top oenologist. Olivan does not follow the normal structure but makes modern Rioja's and also from vineyards that are unique. All Tentenublo vineyards are high by Rioja standards (at +600 meters) and have a loamy / marl soil. The sticks have to work hard and a lot is left to nature. The yields are extremely low and the wines surprise every Rioja connoisseur. Although this is a young winery, we predict that this house will belong to the absolute Spanish and International top in the coming years.
Custero is the new wine from Roberto Oliván (Tentenublo) that he made together with his wife Leyre Ruiz in the style of the classic Riojas. An organic red made with Garnacha, Tempranillo, Viura, Malvasía, Calagraño, Garnacha Gris, Graciano, Monastrell and Malvasía La Rioja. Fermented in open barrels and matured in second year oak and concrete tanks.
The Custero comes from its own small single vineyard located in Viñaspre (Rioja Alavesa) where vineyards are grown with minimal intervention. The region clearly has influences from the Atlantic climate, characterized by lots of rain in summer and spring. Tertiary soils, eroded slopes of limestone loam and red sandstone loam landings. The harvest is completely manual and involves spontaneous fermentation of all varieties in an open barrel with whole bunches, i.e. with the yeasts on the grape (so no yeasts are even added). The result is an authentic red Roja where the fruit predominates. Surprisingly nice acidity, juicy with mainly red fruit. This is certainly a wine that will improve even further with a few years of bottle maturation and is unprecedentedly good in terms of price/quality, but supply is very limited because only 5,532 bottles were produced.
In some cases, the wines receive a kind of WAX seal instead of a regular capsule. This has no further purpose and has the disadvantage that it hardens quite quickly and pieces can easily crumble (spontaneously, during transport, etc.). This has no influence on the quality of the wine. We cannot provide any further guarantee for this.
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Appellation | Rioja Alta |
Winery | Bodegas Tentenublo Wines |
Grape | Garnacha, Graciano, Tempranillo |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2022 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2030 |
Alcohol % | 14 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Promotion | Tier Price |
Parker rating | 91 |
Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
Drink moments | Barbecue, Cadeau!, Lekker luxe, Met vrienden, Open haard |
Parker
Rating
91
Release Price
$30
Drink Date
2022 - 2025
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
14th Jul 2022
Source
July 2022 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
The newest wine is already is in its third vintage, the 2020 Custero, produced with the fruit from the younger vines he has planted in different places, a massale selection that contains Garnacha, Tempranillo, Viura, Malvasía, Calagraño, Garnacha Gris, Graciano, Monastrell, and Malvasía Riojana on red sandstone and marl soils. All the varieties fermented in open vats with full clusters and aged in second-use barrels. It combines power and ripeness with freshness and balance. It has 14.5% alcohol but doesn't feel alcoholic and keeps very good freshness. This is a simpler wine, a kind of "cosechero," foot trodden, quite fruit-driven and with less complexity and depth than the Xérico or Tentenublo. 5,000 bottles were filled in July 2021.
Roberto Oliván feels comfortable with his range (seven wines) and volume, which was completed with Custero, a red in the style of a "cosechero" from the young vines he planted with massale selections in vineyards three to 10 years old. He works 10 hectares in 30 plots, all worked according to organic certification (the wines will be certified from 2022). In total, he makes around 50,000 bottles.
2018 is a classic Rioja Alavesa vintage, harvesting late, into November, with very good weather. 2019 is very warm and dry; 2020 is again cooler, with mildew and a late harvest. He likes vintages like 2018 and 2020. I didn't taste any 2021s, but he lost a lot because he had hail in July and Lanciego was a disaster.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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One of our latest discoveries in the Rioja is a family business called "TENTENUBLO" (this refers to the ringing of the bells used in the villages of La Rioja to repel hail during the growing season). Oliván Roberto has been appointed on behalf of this winery. Although Oliván is relatively young, it already has a very renowned status as a top oenologist. Olivan does not follow the normal structure but makes modern Rioja's and also from vineyards that are unique. All Tentenublo vineyards are high by Rioja standards (at +600 meters) and have a loamy / marl soil. The sticks have to work hard and a lot is left to nature. The yields are extremely low and the wines surprise every Rioja connoisseur. Although this is a young winery, we predict that this house will belong to the absolute Spanish and International top in the coming years.